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Mar 14
New Lens

Announcing New Lens 2022

90.5 WUOL Classical Louisville is proud to continue a collaboration with 21c Museum Hotel to present the New Lens concert series. Exploring diverse and intriguing sounds and ideas in new music, art and society, this season of New Lens launches on April 3 with a program that reflects on and interrogates violence done towards Black people, from slavery through the sixties, to today. The centerpiece of April’s program is Joel Thompson’s “Seven Last Words of the Unarmed,” a setting of the final words of seven, unarmed Black men killed by police and bystanders. The words of Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin, Oscar Grant, Eric Garner, Kenneth Chamberlain, Amadou Diallo, and John Crawford are sung by a choir of tenors and basses, with strings and piano. Phillip Morgan will conduct, and will also sing “Two Black Churches” by Shawn Okpebholo, a reflection on the bombings of two Black churches separated by five decades: The 1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama and the 2015 Mother Emanuel AME Church shooting in Charleston, South Carolina. NouLou Chamber Players will play on Thompson’s work, and will present Rhiannon Giddens’ “At the Purchaser’s Option” arranged by Jacob Garchik, a song based on 19th-century advertisement for a 22-year-old female slave, and her 9-month-old baby for sale, but “at the purchaser’s option.” New Lens is free and open to the public, but seating is limited. Pre-registration is encouraged by visiting Eventbrite.com. Attendees are encouraged to arrive early, grab a cocktail and view the current exhibitions at 21c Louisville or visit Proof on Main to enjoy some culinary artistry. Seating opens at 6:30 p.m. and the program will begin at 7 p.m. Concerts will be held in the museum’s atrium. “Music is an art form that can speak truth to power, giving voice to the silenced and oppressed,'' said Daniel Gilliam, LPM director of radio and WUOL program director. “Reflecting on the violence done toward Black people because of racism is a powerful start to New Lens 2022." Register here for April 3. The next New Lens concert will be July 17 with Bourbon Baroque playing Philip Glass. The August 14 and November 13 concert artists will be announced soon. In the interest of maintaining safety for artists and attendees, masks will be required in the event space (Atrium) only. COVID protocols are subject to change based on the safety level of Jefferson County as tracked by the CDC. We will communicate any changes through email provided with your registration.
By WUOL
Mar 14
New Lens

Announcing New Lens 2022

By WUOL
Nov 05
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Event: New Lens with Colleen Phelps

UPDATE: This event is at capacity. To be added to our waiting list, please fill out this form, and/or tune in to facebook.com/classicallouisville on Sunday at 7! 90.5 WUOL is proud to continue our collaboration with 21c Museum Hotel to present a new free series of concerts called New Lens. We’ll explore diverse and intriguing […]

By WUOL
Nov 05
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Event: New Lens with Colleen Phelps
By WUOL
Sep 27
New Lens

Event: New Lens with Jamie Monck

90.5 WUOL is proud to continue our collaboration with 21c Museum Hotel to present a new free series of concerts called New Lens. We’ll explore diverse and intriguing sounds and ideas in new music, art and society. In October’s event, Jamie Monck brings avant-garde guitar music to life, from pioneer La Monte Young’s Composition 1960 […]

By WUOL
Sep 27
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Event: New Lens with Jamie Monck
By WUOL
Aug 04
New Lens

New Lens 2021

90.5 WUOL Classical Louisville is proud to continue a collaboration with 21c Museum Hotel to present a new free series of concerts and conversations called New Lens. Exploring diverse and intriguing sounds and ideas in new music, art and society, this season of New Lens begins September 12, 2021 at 21c Museum Hotel. The series […]

By WUOL
Aug 04
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New Lens 2021
By WUOL
Mar 11
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New Lens 2020

90.5 WUOL and 21c Museum Hotel are proud to announce New Lens 2020. Here are some highlights coming up this season: April 5POSTPONED – NEW DATE TBD: Featuring “Seven Last Words of the Unarmed” by Joel Thompson (for a chorus of tenors and basses, strings, and piano) a setting of the last words of unarmed […]

By Daniel Gilliam
Mar 11
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New Lens 2020
By Daniel Gilliam
Oct 30
New Lens

New Lens: A/Tonal

For our final New Lens concert of the year (a conversation is coming up in December!) A/Tonal joins us to play music paired with some of the exhibits at 21c Museum Hotel, for a multi-sensory experience. Here are the music+art pairings for November 10th concert: John Luther Adams: Red Arc Blue Vale + Catherine Yass […]

By WUOL
Oct 30
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New Lens: A/Tonal
By WUOL
Sep 03
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New Lens: All of the Above

Our next New Lens features All of the Above, a chamber ensemble from Cincinnati, Ohio, playing music by Andy Akiho, Missy Mazzoli, Robert Honstein, and a new piece commissioned by Cincinnati-based artist coalition Intermedio. Sunday, September 8th at 7pm, at 21c Museum Hotel. Free and ticketless.

By WUOL
Sep 03
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New Lens: All of the Above
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